An infrastructure venture hedge fund focused on early stage Big Data developments had recently announced that it had appointed Dr. Todd Papaioannou is its Entrepreneur-in-Residence or EIR. He would be working with the investment team in the identification and exploration of new opportunities in analytics and large data space.

He said, "DCVC will be a great platform to work with cutting edge companies in the Big Data space, as they invest in the best of the best in this market."

Previously, Dr. Papaioannou was Chief Cloud Architect for Yahoo. He also helped in the development and spinoff of Hortonworks. 

Data Collective's co-founder and co-Managing Parrtner Zachary Bogue said, "We're excited to have an entrepreneur of Todd's technical caliber and breadth of experience working on new opportunities with us and helping our portfolio countries."

Fellow co-founder and co-Managing Partner said, "A great deal of success for a young company is predicated on the quality of the hands-on help it receives in its earliest days. Todd's durect engagement can really help increase the chances of a big win for a number of our entrepreneurs."